SZpack version 2.0.0 (Mar 2024)

Author: J. Chluba (CITA, University of Toronto and Johns Hopkins University).
Python tools were originally developed by Eric R. Switzer (CITA).
Version 2.0.0 developed by E. Lee (JBCA, University of Manchester)

All rights reserved. No guarantee for the correctness of the outputs is given!

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Requirements:
C++11 or later.
GSL-library 1.13 or later (download at http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/)
Python Wrapper:
pybind11 (can be installed through pip or conda or other methods. instructions at https://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installing.html)

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License:
This code and all contained libraries and subroutines can be used free of charge provided that:

1. their use will be acknowledged in publications
2. publications will cite the papers of
   • Chluba, Nagai, Sazonov, Nelson, MNRAS, 2012 (arXiv:1205.5778)
   • Chluba, Switzer, Nagai, Nelson, 2012, (arXiv:1211.3206)
3. and the following papers are considered for citation:
   • Sazonov & Sunyaev, ApJ, 1998
   • Challinor & Lasenby, ApJ, 1998
   • Itoh et al., ApJ, 1998
   • Nozawa et al. ApJ, 1998
   • Nozawa et al. Nuovo Cimento B Series, 2006
   • Lee, Chluba & Holder, MNRAS, 2022
   • Lee & Chluba, 2024
4. bugs will be immediately reported to [email protected]

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Description:

This repository contains the software package SZpack which allows computation of the thermal and kinematic SZ effect. Both explicit numerical integration as well as approximate representation of the SZ signals can be obtained. Variations of the electron temperature and bulk velocity along the line-of-sight can be included. Depending on the routine, calculations are carried out in the cluster frame or CMB rest frame. The SZ signal in the observer frame is then obtained by Lorentz-transformation.

At the moment the following approximations are generally made:

• computations are performed in the single-scattering approximation
• polarization effects are neglected
• the electron distribution function is assumed to be thermal

For details we refer to CNSN, 2012, arXiv:1205.5778 and CSNN, 2012, arXiv:1211.3206.

The varied background (VB) formulation follows that of Lee, Chluba & Holder, 2022, arXiv:2112.10666
The multipole kernel (MK) formulation follows that of Lee & Chluba, 2024.

A full documentation is in progress and will be added to this repository when it is complete.
The python doc-strings can all be accessed via calling help(pySZpack_function), and examples of the pySZpack functionality can be found in ./python/PySZpack.ipynb.

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Update (24.03.2024 | SZpack v2.0.0)

• Inclusion of Multipole kernel and varied background formulations.

Update (12.08.2021 | SZpack v2.0.0 prerelease)

• large structural overhaul.
• python package reworked into a complete wrapper of the code.

Update (17.09.2013 | SZpack v1.1.1)

• small updates of functions
• two new runmodes to show importance of relativistic corrections (see './run_SZpack.cpp')
• fixed bug because of betac^2 P_2(muc) == beta_para^2 - beta_perp^2/2
• fixed bug for combo routine an beta_para<0 (thanks to John ZuHone & Tony Mroczkowski!)

Update (22.12.2012 | SZpack v1.1)

• run_SZpack: new runmodes 'CNSNopt', 'COMBO', 'ACC', 'MEAN', 'NULL', 'DERIVS', 'TWOT'
• added temperature-velocity moment method for smooth profiles according to CSNN, 2012
• introduced combo function that allows computing the SZ signal over a wide range of Te
• added function that minimizes the number of temperature terms for given accuracy goal
• added Python bindings for main SZpack functions
• computation of the SZ null and temperature derivative functions included
• changed definition of S^kin; temperature-independent terms are fully canceled in basis
• added basis functions expressed in the CMB rest frame

First release (04.06.2012 | SZpack v1.0)

• initial version of SZpack with four main functions
• executable is created to run these modes with different settings
• different examples are given in 'run_SZpack.cpp'

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Basic Structure:

SZpack contains several routines that were developed at CITA (Spring 2012) with extensions developed both at CITA and JHU. The main (approved) functions of the library are defined in SZpack.h and SZpack.cpp. A large parameters structure can be found in Parameters.h and Parameters.cpp.

./Tools $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$ contains simple support functions like relativistic Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution or derivatives of a Planck function. Also integration routines and physical constants can be found there.

./Tools/Cosmology $~$ contains the parameters structure which can be used to set the variables to use in any of our calculations.

./include
./src $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$ contains the main header and source files for the different SZ-routines

./outputs $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$ default directory for output

./runfiles $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$ some example runfile with parameters to call 'run_SZpack'

./python $~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~$ a full pybind11 python wrapper can be found here. An exploration of the python functionality can be found in PySZpack.ipynb.

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Installation:

To compile the code follow the following steps:

1. in 'Makefile.in' set 'CC' to the C++ compiler that should be used. 'CXXFLAGS' might have to be adjusted accordingly.
2. The variables 'GSL_INC_PATH' and 'GSL_LIB_PATH' have to be set to the directories that host
   the include-files and lib of the GSL-library, respectively. Also the name ('GSL=gsl') of the GSL-lib should be adjusted, if necessary. In some cases it may be required to also link the library 'libgslcblas.a'.
3. type 'make' to compile the code. This creates the executable 'run_SZpack' and the library 'libSZpack.a'
4. type 'make pySZpack' to compile the python wrapper. This installs a python package called 'SZpack'. Pybind11 is needed to compile this. Some warnings may appear during compilation, but they can currently be ignored.

To clean up type 'make clean' or 'make tidy', as well as 'make cleanall', 'make cleanallDEV', 'make cleanpy' and 'make cleanallpy' (see 'Makefile' for difference)

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Running SZpack:

SZpack routines can be tested by invoking

./run_SZpack

In this case the default parameters set at the beginning of the main function of 'SZpack.cpp' are used. Output will be generated in './outputs'. The files-names indicate the runmode (see below). Parameters used to compute the output are saved in the header of the file. There also a more detailed description of the output can be found.

Several different runmodes are available. These are

5D $~~~~~~~~~~~$ : full 5-dimensional collision integral is evaluated. Depending on the setting this takes some time. This routine is only recommended for testing and development.

3D $~~~~~~~~~~~$ : symmetries were used to reduced the dimensionality of the collision integral up to second order in the cluster velocity to 3-dimensions. The remaining integrals are carried out numerically. This routine is already rather fast.

ASYM $~~~~~~$ : asymptotic expansions similar to Itoh et al, 1998 and Nozawa et al. 2006 are used to compute the SZ signals. These routines are very fast but the precision decreases for Te > 5-10 keV

CNSN $~~~~~~$ : improved basis functions according to Chluba et al. 2012 are used. These routines are very fast and extremely high precision can be obtained for 2keV < Te < 75 keV

CNSNopt $~$ : optimized choice of CNSN basis functions to minimize the number of moments. For more details we refer to CSNN2012, 'SZpack.h' and examples in 'run_SZpack.cpp'.

COMBO $~~~$ : combination of asymptotic expansion + basis functions of CNSN/CSNN 2012. This function should give very precise results for the SZ signal at temperatures Te < 75keV

ACC $~~~~~~~~~$ : mode to check the precision of the basis function. Settings should be changed directly
in function compute_precision_of_basis()

MEAN $~~~~~~$ : SZ distortion using expansion around mean values according to CSNN 2012 expansion. This function uses parameters p={tau, TeSZ, betapara, omega^(1..3), sigma^(1..3), beta^2perp, kappa} as defined in CSNN2012.

NULL $~~~~~~~$ : compute null of SZ signal for some examples

DERIVS $~~~~$ : compute derivatives of SZ signal for some examples

TWOT $~~~~~~$ : SZ signal for two-temperature case

The different runmodes can be activated by invoking, e.g., ./run_SZpack 5D or ./run_SZpack CNSN ./runfiles/parameters.dat where in the last case the parameters of the file './runfiles/parameters.dat' are used. An example parameter-file is given with explanation of the parameters. Some of the parameters are directly set or overwritten inside run_SZpack for settings 'ACC' - 'TWOT'. We refer to 'run_SZpack.cpp' for details.

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Additional Comments:

By default the kinematic corrections are treated by explicitly imposing Lorentz-invariance of the scattering optical depth (see Chluba et al. 2012). However, SZpack allows changing to the convention of Itoh et al, 1998 & Nozawa et al. 2006. This can be acheived by calling setConvention(true); prior to the execution of the main routines (see main-function in 'run_SZpack.cpp' for example). Similarly, the convention of Chluba et al. 2012 can be restored by calling setConvention(false);

Similarly, the main routines residing in './src' have additional features that can be activated or changed. We refer the user to the header and source files of these different routines.

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